Smart Start Preschool
We Prepare You
Child For Life
Smart Start Preschool serves children aged 0 to 5 years and is licensed for approximately 40 children. It offers the Government’s 20 Hours Free Early Childhood Education (ECE) program for children aged 3 to 5. The center operates Monday to Friday, from 7:00 am to 5:30 pm.
Curriculum & Environment
Montessori Philosophy
Child-led learning with Montessori materials spanning practical life, sensorial work, language, maths, and cultural areas. Focuses on concentration, independence, and discovery
Indoor & Outdoor Spaces
The centre features bright, calm, well-ordered classrooms and a spacious outdoor area with gardens, monkey‑bars, bikes, sand/water play, and even fruit trees
Holistic Activities
Curriculum includes creative arts, music, gardening, yoga, baking, science projects, drama, and group games
Learn To Play, Converse With Confidence
Smart Start provides quality, holistic educational experiences which empower children from zero to five years to learn and grow through exploration and discovery in a value-driven environment where there is respect for the diversity of people and culture.
The Best Playschool
For Your Kid
Empathy: aroha
A culture of kindness is created that acknowledges the right and values of all others.
Curiosity: whakamaharo
Children’s curiosity is fostered and their capacity for sustained interests is extended.
Sustainability: mana tangata
Respecting and caring for our environment.
Belonging: Mana Whenua
Children know they belong and have a sense of connection to others and the environment.
Creativity: auahatanga
Children have the opportunity to be creative and expressive through a variety of activities such as visual arts activities, imaginative play, carpentry, storytelling, drama and music.
We Meet Kids At Their Level
Regardless Of Their Age
- The mission statement translates our vision and values at Smart Start into a visible outcome. It guides our everyday actions and is an important part of our decision making. The mission identifies what we do, for whom, where and how.
- Smart Start Preschool is a family orientated, community-focused, environmentally sustainable early education facility in Whangarei.
- We are committed to the Tiriti o Waitangi as the founding document of Aotearoa. We endeavor to meaningfully incorporate te reo Maori and Tikanga into our everyday practice.
- Smart Start provides quality, holistic educational experiences which empower children from zero to five years to learn and grow through exploration and discovery in a value-driven environment where there is respect for the diversity of people and culture.
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